but the bulk of the system will be in here around 3 this afternoon just in time for your commute home. now we look at maryland's most powerful radar and we are nice and dry right now. so, the commute to work is not being affect by the weather. we can see back around roanoke to the south we are starting to see a little wintery mix there. this will push in our direction so when this is starting we could see sleet mixing in with rain and it will switch all over to rain as we go into the afternoon and evening time and not just light rain i am talking about heavy rain at times. so we have a flood watch going in effect this afternoon and we are talking for the areas here outlined in the green color. so baltimore county frederick county and carroll county and even anne arundel county and howard county be prepared for some heavy rain for today. temperatures coming in at 27 degrees now in joppa. easton at 28. and this is what you can expect going through the rest of the day. rain comes in -- comes in with temperatures at 45 degrees. let's check the traffic with

lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. the rain will lead to a hectic commute later this afternoon into the evening. we have a crash you will need to watch out for in baltimore county in lutherville timonium. york road at east seminary avenue. traveling on 83 heading up to hunt valley at shawan road,traffic is moving along. there is a two-minute delay from the maryland pennsylvania state line to the beltway. once you get on to the jfx it's going take you 12 minutes to travel southbound from the beltway downtown to east fayette street. 695 is in great shape no delays here in parkville at harford road. traffic is moving along to travel the outer loop from 95 up to 83. and it's going to take you 11 minutes and over on the west side, no delays traveling the outer loop from 795 down to 706789 it's going to take 7 minutes. that's your abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. parents this next story is going to have you talking to teens about safety behind the wheel. the rate of 16 and 17-year-old drivers who died in crashes has

increased in the first half of 2012. traffic safety experts say it's creeping up to what they call unacceptable levels. 240, 16 and 17-year-olds were killed from january to june of last year. and that's up about 19% from 2011. the report identified no singer reason for the increase. single reason for the increase. we heard baltimore city schools are in horrible shape. parents teachers and advocates wanted to get the message out and they were certainly heard. abc2 news sherrie johnson is here with more and they turned out by the thousandss in state capitol. >> reporter: they did. people turned out at that rally last night in annapolis in support of rebuilding baltimore city schools. the rally was in support of a block grant bill. aid 2.4 billion dollar plan to renovate and rebuild city school buildings including the creation of a new construction authority that would oversee planting, financing and construction of school projects. supporters say the bill is needed because the currencies tem for financing school

renovation will not catch up to the needs of baltimore city school buildings. teachers, students and parents at the rally describe bad conditions at city schools including broken windows and hot classrooms and inadequate computer labs and they called upon lawmakers to provide resources to rebuild the oldest school buildings. >> their environment is to teach them about themselves and about why and how other people feel about them. >> the black grant legislation being proposed would allow us to take existing state funds and leverage those funds to affect wide scale renovations. >> reporter: that rally was sponsored by the baltimore education coalition. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and dr. alonso lead the effort to encourage general assembly to pass the construction bill. it comes up for a hearing in the house of delegates on march 5th. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. news time 6:33. maryland is the most dangerous state for teachers.

that's according to the most recent data compiled by the u.s. department of education. the story that is not getting a lot of attention so abc2 news investigators look deeper to find out what is going on inside your child's classroom. teachers bullied in their rooms. tonight at 11, we will hear from one victim beaten so badly it's tough for him to stand up in front of a class. and hear from one school district who promises things are going to change. so if your spet not spade or neutered today is the perfect day to get it done. the mayor proclaimed today world spay day and recognizing the group be more dog for free spaying service for pit bulls and pit bulls mixes therg hoeing -- they are holding a -- they are holding a fund raising event tonight beginning at 5. a floating hospital that traveled all over the world to help those who are in need. and today the usns comfort is heading back out to sea and never returning back to baltimore. abc2 news linda so is live to

tell you more about this mission that the navy is calling continuing promise 2013. linda, it's gain for the navy but a loss for baltimore. >> reporter: as you know, the usns comfort is a part of baltimore for the past 25 years called baltimore it's home -- its home base but today when it leaves it will be leaving for good. it's new home will be in norfolk virginia and to tell us more about that is jessica alexander with the navy. it's a sad day to see the ship go. >> good morning linda. well, we want to say thank you to the city of baltimore for being such a great host the 25 years. and fare wind to the navy hospital ship comfort that'sleaving today to do sea tries for three days and will arrive in norfolk the new home port. it will be for the next month preparing to deploy for continuing promise 13. it's a humanitarian and civic

mission in central and south america. >> reporter: what will the doctors be doing there once they arrive? >> three main missions. life changing surgical procedures, treating patients ashore and a medical collaboration and training facility with the partner nation. >> reporter: and serving those in need of course. >> absolutely. serving those in need. >> reporter: okay. thanks so much. again the big story is when the comfort leaves at 7 this morning, it will be the final time saying bye to baltimore where it has called home for the past 25 years. the new home base will be located in norfolk virginia. live in canton lindo so, abc2 news. the infield at the preakness is filled with music food and fun. >> this year is going to be no different. we will tell you who is headlining the race this year. >> hail the size of golf balls fell in new orleans. we are going to show outdamage done by the fast moving -- you the damage done by the fast moving storm that scared a lot of residents there.

entertainment news this morning. janet jackson tied the knot for a third time. rep for the singer confills she is married to a billionaire businessman. in a joint statement to entertainment weekly the couple said they exchanged their vows last year in a quiet private ceremony. they said the wedding gifts to each other was donation to the favorite charities. tickets go on sale for the preakness infield show and pit bull will perform along with ryan lewis. the jockey club is reducing the price of the tickets to 40 dollars starting today and 50 through may 11th and 60 on the day of the event. 138th running of the preakness is saturday may 3rd. you know her from movies as the josephine baker story and a thin line between love and hate and mada's family reunion tomorrow at 6 on good morning

maryland lynn whitfield joins usin the studio and she will star in a theatrical drama about marvin gay. >> the nation's highest court could be impacting maryland law. >> the supreme court takes a look at a case involving privacy rights for those arrested. i am sherrie johnson and i will have the story coming up next. >> and a year ago today a teen was shot and killed near his home. how the family plans to remember him. >> and a cold rain is on the way but warmer temperatures are on the way as well. i will have the details coming up. >> reporter: traffic is starting to slow down here on 695 at baltimore national pike. we are dealing with construction in downtown baltimore and a crash on york road. i will have all the details coming up on good morning maryland.

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you are looking live off the inner harbor and you can see the domino's sugar plant and we are wake oup on -- waking up on this tuesday morning and things are not bad i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson.

let's get to lynette charles. it's not going to be the same this afternoon. >> you are right. we are dry and cold now. but we will have a chilly rain coming in here as we go into the afternoon. and it could be heavy at times and that's why we have the potential for flooding. a flood watch is in effect this afternoon until this evening for the areas here not shaded but outlined in the green color. so we are talking about baltimore county and carroll county and frederick county and even howard and anne arundel. be prepared for maybe about 1 to 2 inches of rain coming down before it's all said and done. further to the west you go that's when we are talking about winter weather advisories. we won't get in on any of the winter weather stuff especially the snow. now, we look what's going on here on maryland's most powerful radar and you see the purples here a wintery mix of sleet, rain and snow. this wintery mix could move in as we go into the afternoon so i am thinking around lunchtime that will be the leading edge of it and it will switch all over to rain. so sleet mixing in with the rain and all rain after we say

it's all done. things will start to improve but not today. we are looking at 45 degrees for a high temperature. rain will continue through 7:00 tonight. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. no rain just yet but we have a crash in baltimore county in lutherville timonium on york road at sem perry avenue. using 83, no delays right now on the harrisburg expressway and it will remain clear get og on the jfx. 12 -- getting on the jfx. 12 minutes from the beltway to east fayette street. here at old court road traffic is picking up on the outer loop a3-minute delay traveling from 795 down to 70 average speed clocking in at just 33 miles per hour. and here's a live look at 95 downtown at 359. everything is moving along no delays through the fort mchenry tunnel but be aware ofconstruction done town blocking one lane of light street between pratt and conway

street. that's look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. it's being called the 21st century fingerprint. >> easier to get in a matter of seconds but today the u.s. sproam court will hear -- supreme court will hear arguments on legality of investigators taking dna samples if the suspect is not convicted of a crime. case stems from a rape and murder of a woman and conviction of the killer six years later. sherrie johnson is here with more on what's expected today in the supreme court. >> reporter: well, yes, today the case of a salisbury man takes center stage at supreme court. alonzo king was arrested in 2009 on assault charges. police took his dna and the sample matched dna collected from the victim and police then linked him to a 2003 rape. the argument is whether this is an an invasion of privacy is it constitutional or whether the state says once arrested you lose the privacy right. at issue is the maryland dna collection act. this is is a law that allows official to take the dna from

those arrested but not convicted of a serious crime. king's lawyers moved to suppress the evidence of the dna match saying the initial draw violated the constitutional right. but the lower court later found him guilt every rape and cents -- scented him to life in pries -- sentenced him to life in prison. >> i expect they will uphold our collection and i expect it to be 59-0 decision. >> reporter: -- to be a 9-0 decision. >> reporter: the federal government and 28 states also require dna collection and analysis from at least some arrestees. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 6:48. your cell phone holds more information about you than you probably think. and police often use cell phone records in their investigation so today the aclu is testifying

before a house committee in annapolis in support of what is called bill 887 requiring police to give get a search warrant before obtaining cell phone track information. the aclu says it protects a person's privacy while allowing law enforcement to do their job. also today, gun control proposals ants death penalty rup for defate in the state senate. -- debate in the state senate. both were voted out of the proceedings last thursday. it a vote could come up as soon as tomorrow. two years ago nathan was hit by a car while riding his bike near johns hopkins university. today his family and friends are remembering him with a memorial bike ride starting at the site where he was hit in front of the broadview apartments on university parkway. his family has started an organization in his honor called americans for older drivers safety to prevent accidents like what happened to him from happening again. you see he was hit by an elderly driver. that ride begins at 6:30

tonight. it's an event that has been overshadowed by september 11th. but today marks a tragic anniversary for so many new yorkers it's been 20 years since the deadly terrorist attack. back on february 26th, 1993 a truck bomb within the off in a underground garage at one of the twin towers. 6 people were killed and thousands were injured during the attack. there's a noontime ceremony planned to honor those victims today. the moment of silence will be held at 18 minutes after 12 the exact time of that explosion. it's a sad anniversary for two florida families who at this time in february 26th of last year 17-year-old trayson martin was shot and killed after fighting with a citizen watchman. george zimmerman said he shot him in stive defense and claimed the teen punched him and slammed his head against the ground. he was arrest and charged with second degree murder. and the young man's parents now say they are continuing to work

to preserve their son's memory. >> we will attend a candlelight ceremony here in new york. we already done something in miami. we have done a peace walk to let teenagers know that they have a right to walk in peace. >> after a lengthy court battle zimmerman was released on bail and his trial is set to begin conjune 10th. -- come june 10th. five things to know on this tuesday. the teen accused of shooting atclassmates killing 3 is due before a judge today. tj lane is charged with murderand attempted murder for opening fire at his ohio high school. vice president joe biden is speaking to a group of attorney generals today about proposals to reduce gun violence. biden is the head of a task force that is charged with coming up with better gun control measures following the sandy hook shooting. senators john mccain and lindsay graham are meeting with the president to talk about immigration reform. the two are part of a bipartisan group in favor of

fixing the immigration system. obama met with democrats. voters in i noise head to the polls to choose a replacement for jesse jackson junior. he pled guilty last week to illegally spending campaign funds. resigned in -- he resigned in november. if you are in the market for a new car consumer reports are relesion the top picks for the cars and trucks today. they look at style and safety to fuel efficiency. well the state police are hoping that the weather will hold up today. and that's because they are scheduled to get two new helicopters. the augusta westland aw139 will arrive in middle river. these are two of the first 10 replacing the current fleet. some choppers are older than 20 years old. they will be used for search andrescue, law enforcement, homeland security and medivac. look at this. hail the size of golf balls fell on parts of new orleans. the storm left hundreds of cars with holes. homes and businesses were hit

pretty hard. the storm lasted about 20 minutes and was followed by severe rain. time for a check on our weather. because it's not going to be very pretty. here's lynette charles. >> we are dealing with the cloud cover out there. and we are waiting for the approaching storm from the south to work its way in here as it begins we could be seeing sleet mixing in with the rain and then it will switch over to rain and we are talking about heavy rain as well. i will show outtotals in a second. but -- you the totals in a second. let's switch over toh bug we are dealing with the clouds and this is the story through the remainder of the morning and we will see change in the forecast. but temperature wise this is what's going on. we are at 33 degrees in sparrows point columbia at 30. and we are at 32 degrees in centerville across the eastern shore this morning. 31 in northeast and march della springs at 32. let's switch to graphics and we are going to be talking about what's going on on the abc2 most accurate future trend. you can see when this will work its way in here.

the wet weather. we are talking more about the early afternoon. and then by around 3:00, 2, it's going to overspread the entire viewing area and we are talking about heavy rain at times. you can see it in the red, the orange colors here and when this is all said and done we can see close to 2 inches of rain. future trend will continue to have off and on showers as we go into thursday. now, future totals we are looking at this about 1 in -- one inch to an inch and a half and two inches is possible as we go through the rest of today and tonight. temperature wise we will be at 45 but that could come down a little bit. so we are talking about the low 40s because we will have all the clouds and that heavy rain pushing in. by tonight, 40 degrees and the flood potential will still be there. and here to check the 7-day forecast for you. as we will begin to dry things out on friday, but the winds will take over just in time for the weekend. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook record good morning. all of the rain will affect

your commute later this afternoon into the eke. and right now -- evening. right now we have a crash in baltimore county in lutherville timonium at york road at seminary avenue. heading downtown, traffic on the jfx is starting to pick up. but at the moment, no significant delays. you are looking at a 12-minute ride southbound from the beltway down to fayette street. we have construction underway on light street in the city. it's blocking one lane between conway and pratt street. expect congestion. traveling through the tunnels a live look at 95 at 395. traffic is moving along no problems getting through the fort mchenry and harbor tunnel and we have all the construction at the spur but no delays there. the west side of the beltway will be jammed on the outer loop from 795 to 70. average speed clocking in at 33 miles per hour but no delays from parkville on the beltway to towson. megan and charley over to you. a preview of good morning america and what's coming up on abc2. >> good tuesday morning.

coming up here one-on-one with the first lady michelle obama. what was the top secret plan to get her to do this? announce the oscar for best picture are. robin roberts has the exclusive and the cast of dancing with the stars is revealed this morning. don't miss a one. it's next right here on good morning america. >> take a look at this because many 23-month-olds are starting to get comfortable walking. this girl snows how -- knows how to snow board. she has come up with this she has been on the mountain since she was 6 weeks old. with her parents. they, of course, say she loves it. >> snow boarding we always want to get on first run so we wake up at 5:30 and we get her out of bed and as soon as we mention snow she is all he can cited about it. and knows she is going to the mountains. >> you can hear her excitement. he'd has a 5 week old sister and they will introduce her to

snow boarding when she is old in you. >> hang -- old enough. hang around for good morning america.